Web 2.0 Tools for Everyone!

What is Web 2.0?

• "Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live." -Peter Cochrane
• Web 2.0 can be defined simply--"It is the read and write web where anyone can contribute and collaborate."

Links to Favorite Tools

• Animoto: http://www.animoto.com
• Wordle: http://www.wordle.net
  • Ways teachers are using Wordle: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/06/more-wordle-ideas.html
  • Others: Adjectives to describe main characters, thesaurus, student name plates, graphics for web pages, word clouds of student writing, etc.
• Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/
• Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net
• Google Docs: http://docs.google.com
• PicNik: http://www.picnik.com
• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com
• Delicious: http://delicious.com
• Bit Strips: http://www.bitstrips.com
• You Tube: http://www.youtube.com | Teacher Tube: http://www.teachertube.com | KickYouTube: http://kickyoutube.com/
• Scribd: http://www.scribd.com
• Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com

• I Know That: http://www.iknowthat.com
• Read Write & Think Student Materials: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
• Thinkfinity: http://www.thinkfinity.org/